That's just wrong. It assumes that you can actually regulate the brakes properly in less than ideal conditions. Yes, on gravel roads or on snow packed ice you will stop longer, but, as you say, you still can steer. So instead of sliding under the car you can try and steer around it. Worth it in my book.
And when you need it is not normally on dry pavement, it is when you are at the greasy spot at an intersection or a patch of sand or mud is in your path.
If you think you can out brake ABS on the road in ANY condition, then you are deluded into thinking you're riding at the level of a F1 champ. If you don't have ABS you are going to get yourself killed with that thinking. OTOH, you may get lucky and never need it to save your life. I had ridden for 20 years without it and never needed it, including a couple of real emergency stops (only a couple in over 20 years of riding). Was glad I had it when I needed it.
If you don't have it, all I can say is practice, practice, practice. And not on dry pavement. Go out to an old parking lot that has sand and leaves on it and practice fast stops. If you are getting there you'll either drop the bike a few times or feel the wheels lock a few times (or at least come close to it). I'd suggest a dirt bike and play with it on gravel until you are used to the bike sliding around. Then graduate to pavement and do the same. Then do some 'drifting' on pavement with the bike. Then work with variable surfaces, pavement with sand patches. Pretty soon you'll get used to the limits and where they are. And you still won't out brake ABS on the road for 90% of the situations.
No, you don't have to do this and in the majority of cases it won't save you from an accident or getting killed. It will only make a difference in a very few cases, which you probably will never encounter in your entire riding lifetime.
And when you need it is not normally on dry pavement, it is when you are at the greasy spot at an intersection or a patch of sand or mud is in your path.
If you think you can out brake ABS on the road in ANY condition, then you are deluded into thinking you're riding at the level of a F1 champ. If you don't have ABS you are going to get yourself killed with that thinking. OTOH, you may get lucky and never need it to save your life. I had ridden for 20 years without it and never needed it, including a couple of real emergency stops (only a couple in over 20 years of riding). Was glad I had it when I needed it.
If you don't have it, all I can say is practice, practice, practice. And not on dry pavement. Go out to an old parking lot that has sand and leaves on it and practice fast stops. If you are getting there you'll either drop the bike a few times or feel the wheels lock a few times (or at least come close to it). I'd suggest a dirt bike and play with it on gravel until you are used to the bike sliding around. Then graduate to pavement and do the same. Then do some 'drifting' on pavement with the bike. Then work with variable surfaces, pavement with sand patches. Pretty soon you'll get used to the limits and where they are. And you still won't out brake ABS on the road for 90% of the situations.
No, you don't have to do this and in the majority of cases it won't save you from an accident or getting killed. It will only make a difference in a very few cases, which you probably will never encounter in your entire riding lifetime.
